Autographic register



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July 13 1926. 1,592,472

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AUTOGRAPHI C REGI STER Original Filed March 12, 192: 4 sheets-sheet 4 I u vru ram ATTORNEY;

Patented July 13, 1926.

PATENT OFFIQEQ MILTON c. STERN AND FRANK 'E; BFEIFFFLB, OE DAYTON,VOHIOV, essrenons TO THE EGBY mieisugnn com-sienna, or; DAYTON, 01116, a CORPORATION or: OHIO.

emQe erHIc-memrm i tlid i fi led lflareh is, 1933 s eri al. 110. (52, 1 ,515. Divided ha this ap licati q al daune 5,

1924. Ser ia,1No 717,950.

Oh; invention relates to, aatographicregisits e i e -i e 'o wr s l e ns piplloationfiled March 12, 1923, S erf'No, %51 J It is. the, objectof our invention to provide an autographie register. which shall he ipaccessible iii i ts inteiior to. anyo edsave the persoiipossess ingthe master key for un lo ekihg' the register i It is the additional object of our invention to. proyi'de rneans tor locking the cover i l a'tie 'emi' er pn c nta ne u t With the register body, through the medium of this saifie key and lock which permits access to the ig terior of the autographic regste thus pre entingtamperi ig wi h t cairho p s and the consequent opportugiit y for ifr iaki g' aneut ographic record on the top sheet, ithout suitable and co spe ing n tl Q he sheets e w or, h Purp se; of pe et ns f au s- 7 It' is the additionalfobjeet of the-invention to. proyide a hie a lis of supporting the time ery a d he ipp y h r ef, Sdi q lied; suphl esy be"quick y n r ily iiisertedaiidtheii locked idbositioh. i

t a es e ie o Pr v mean of maint v ririin'gfl the tension" on the carbon paper to preyeht its movement until desired. h

so the. drawings, oiu invention i il1iis tratedasio11 w 5 is a frop t elevation of the assembled utogi aphi'c regist r ca i g 211,131 easacra lj. H

' Figures is a side eleyationv Figure, 1, at Figure 1 mm the right hand side.

"Figure 3 is a section of the casing? of the register. proper taken on the. line 3 of Essieloe il s' e he i s n e row.

Figure i iS/ZL Section err the line iiof Figure 1, looking in the direction of the, arr w i, a V Figure. 5 is an elevation of the carbon roll sem it, le ki n s t n i he rots 5 j ofi Figure 8, showing the cover ree e "1 i Figi re 6 is a section on the line. :45 Qf ulef'2- v-ijgur'e is a section of the carbon supply i'riechar iisrrr and an end elevation of the as sale: kefi mechanism. 'Thissection is are be as he? r-Fi ux 21-1 tio'n.

Figure 8. is an end View oi the carbon supply container and also an end eley at on of thene sale hey mechanism th the register cover and. casing in section -taken o the line 8 -8 looking in the direction ioi the arrows in Figure 2. i i

Figure 9; is a plan View of the guiding ro er and t e Paper supp y l- Figure 10, is a View iniiection 0n thejlilic 10 l'0 of Figure 9 of the paper su p plyfro ll,

ing in the direction of the arroiys of Figure 9:. I t

Figure 13V 13 an elevat on of the universal side wall andretaini ng lnen iberfin sec joints of the. guide rollers, with theretain- 1 ing cover remoyed, looking in the direction of the arroW 13 in Figure 12. I

' Referringto'the drawings} 1 represents a base frame of drawer casingwhieh'has side, alls Qand 3 and a rear 'wial l The casing provided with a top 5 upon which mounted and" securely fastened our inaprored; autographic' register.

A T a ogr i h r g er melmt d 119 the top. 5 has a base 6, a front alli, aside wall 8', and a second side all S)", piyot ed rear Wall 10, and a coyer '11. L V

The icoyer 11 may have one or more writi Open n s en a w h, p a s th top autographic sheet 13. i

A handle 14 is used to deliver the sheet or sheets of paper from the n aci iiiie, and to Wind areQOrdrOH, if that is desired. It will be understood that any 1:01111 of delivery of the sheets maybe utilized and the de tailed method of delivery forms no part of ourinvention. 1 i i In) Figure sea 15; ith t h is shown mounted on the shaft '17, to which the handle l4: is attached. This pin heel engagement of the pins 16 with perforations in the margins of the sheets. Accordin to customary practiee'there is a pin whee on e h rsi o the; regi e hei el sf i k U engaging with perforations in either margin of the paper.

' Referring to the method of supplying carbon to the autographic register, I have provided a swinging casing 18, which is held in position by a lug 19 on the cover 11 being inserted into an opening 20 in the casing 18, so that whenthe cover 11 is locked in position in the top of the casing 18 it cannot swing open.

However, when the lug 19 is withdrawn from the opening 20, the casing 18 can swin about the pin 21, which is held in the bracket 22 mounted on the wall 8, thus permitting access to the carbon roll 23, which is mounted on a spindle 24L. The plurality of sheets of the carbon roll are conveyed transversely to the writing table and.- interleaved between the sheets of which 13 is the top sheet in a manner well known in the art.

In Figures 5 and 6 the details of this suspension of the carbon roll will be seen. The spindle 24L is suspended in a pair of jaws 25 carried by the side wall 8. The other end 26 of the spindle is supported pivotally at 27 on the bracket 22.

A spring 28 working against a washer 29 and a plate 30 serves to keep the roll 23 from unwinding.

It will be understood that the carbon sheets are held in position on the other side of the register adjacent to the wall 9 by any desired means familiar in the art. Thus it is possible to swing open the carbon roll casing and swing the supporting shaft outwardly for the easy insertion of the roll on this supporting shaft or spindle 24:.

Referring to the means for guiding the leaves of paper or sheets of paper, such means being shown in Figures S), 11, 12 and 13, 31 designates guiding rollers each having a projecting end 32 located in a slot 33 in one of the side walls. A similar projection at the other end of the roller 31, as at 34, projects into a portion of the wall on the opposite side. The member 34- has a ball shaped head 35 working in the socket or cutaway portion 26. The socket 36 is large enough to contain the head 35, but the head 35 is too large to pass through a slot 37,

which communicates with 36 and through which 34 is adapted to pass.

After the head 35 has been put in the socket 36 a retaining plate 38 is fastened by the screws 39 to the side wall of the register to thus complete the ball and socket joint.

hen it is desired to lift up the rollers to facilitate the threading of the paper strips, this may be done without completely unsctting the roller or loosening it, a matter of-considerable advantage.

The paper rolls are supported as follows: A roller, such as illustrated in Figure 10.

designated 40, having on one end a stub shaft 41, which fits into a cutaway portion 42 in the boss 43 on the side wall 8 of the register.

On the opposite wall 9 of the register is a similar raised portion 44 with a slot 45 out therein, so that a stub shaft as carried by the other end of the roll 40 may reg? therein to cooperate in supporting the ro The stub shaft 46 is adapted to slide transversely in the roll 40, but is forced outwardly by a spring 47 in the spring chamber 18. One end of the spring abuts against one end of the chamber and the other end against the head 49 on the shaft 46. This head also comes in. contact with a guide or filler 50 in the chamber 18. The end plate 51 on the roll 40 prevents the exit of the filler 50.

The members 44, with the slots 15, are connected together by an arch shaped member 52 to assist in guiding the roller shafts into the slots 15. These slots are at an angle to the vertical.

In registers of this type adapted to be uesd with cash drawers it is essential that access to the interior of the same may not be had except by a certain person or persons, as the case may be. To that end I have provided a lock 53. When the same is locked the interior of the register is inaccessible to anyone, but when it is unlocked by some one having the master key the plate 10 can be opened on its pivot 54 to permit access to the mechanism within the register.

This lock 53 also controls the means for locking the cover plate and carbon containers as a unit with the register body which prevents tampering with the carbons and the consequent opportunity for making an autographic record on the top sheet, without making suitable and corresponding entries on the sheets below for the purpose of perpetrating frauds.

It will be understood that we comprehend within our invention various modifications in which our invention may be embodied.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an a-utographic register, a registei casing consisting of the bottom, side walls and end walls, a supplementary casing to contain a carbon roll, said casing being located on the exterior of one of said side walls and pivotally mounted thereon, a cover for said register casing, and means on said cover to engage with the supplementary casing to lock the whole togetheras a unit.

2. In an autographic register, a register casing consisting of the bottom, side walls, and end walls, a supplementary casing to contain a carbon roll, said casing being 10- cated on the exterior of one of said Walls and pivotally mounted thereon, a cover for I said register casing, means on said cover to engage with thesupplementary casing to lock the Whole together as a unit, a carbon roll support in said supplementary casing pivotally mounted on theside wall at one end and supported at the other end by a projection from the side wall, and means on the swinging supplementary casing to lock said carbon roll support in an engagement with the supporting means on the side wall of the casing when the parts are in their closed position.

7 3. In an autograph register, a register casing consisting of the bottom, side walls, and end walls, a supplementary casing to contain a carbon roll, said casing being located on the exterior of one of said walls, and pivotally mounted thereon, a cover for said register casing, meanson said cover to engage with the supplementary casing to lock the whole together as a unit, a carbon roll support in said supplementary casing pivotally mounted on the side wall at one end and supported at the other end by a projection from the side wall, a means on the swinging supplementary casing to lock said carbon roll support in an engagement with the supporting meanson the sidewall of the casing when the parts are in their closed posltion, means on carbon roll support for yleldingly resisting the movement of the carbon paper thereon.

4. An autographic register, having side walls, a guiding roller mounted in said side walls, one end ofsaid guiding roller being located freely in a slot in the wall and the other end of the roller being located in a socket in the other wall, a ball on the end of said roller adapted to be placed in said socket, said socket being considerably larger than said ball, and means for sealing the enlarged area of said socket to prevent the removal of one endof the roller and permit the free movement of the ball in said socket.

5. An autographic register having side walls, a plurality of rollers for guiding the sheets of material used in said register, each of said rollers having one end fitting in a slot in one side wall and a ball loosely fitnatures.

MILTON C. STERN. a FRANK E. PFEIF F ER. 

